MEMORANDUM OF LEGAL OPINION
Library Procedures for Disabling Software Filtering and Unblocking Web Sites     8/25/2003
By Janet M. LaRue, Chief Counsel

It is imperative that libraries comply with the CIPA regulations so that their federal funding under the CIPA will not be jeopardized.

I. INTRODUCTION

Concerned Women for America provides these comments for consideration by public library officials with respect to implementing software filtering requirements in conformity to 21 U.S.C. 2134 and the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. American Library Association (ALA), No. 02-361, 2003 U.S. LEXIS 4799 (June 23, 2003), upholding the constitutionality of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). [more ...]

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